US PATENT SUBCLASS 415 / 227
.~ Runner having flow confining continuous passage


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415 /   HD   ROTARY KINETIC FLUID MOTORS OR PUMPS

182.1  DF  WORKING FLUID PASSAGE OR DISTRIBUTING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH RUNNER (E.G., CASING, ETC.) {24}
227.~ Runner having flow confining continuous passage


DEFINITION

Classification: 415/227

Runner having flow confining continuous passage:

(under subclass 182.1) Device wherein the runner* comprises an uninterrupted working fluid* pathway which extends from the runner inlet to the runner outlet and wholly confines the fluid while in working engagement therewith over at least a portion of the pathway.

(1) Note. Patents in this subclass have been cross referenced to Class 416 where particular runner structure has been disclosed.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

416, Fluid Reaction Surfaces (i.e., Impellers),

179+, for a rotor comprising a flow confining or deflecting web, shroud, or continuous passage, particularly subclasses 186+ for a runner comprising a circumferentially and radially continuous web or end plate, an opposed annular surface, and in-between adjacent blades.